photographic essays
during my month long workshop marathon in italy and spain i can assure you that sleep is not a by-product….workshops are intense by nature and the attending social scene is equally intense…editing sessions tend to turn into late night discussions, where whatever we did not talk about in the daytime class sessions, gets laid out …
ok, this should be good…..i am spending my week in madrid, not teaching a workshop, but working with young photographers who attend a 10 month course here at EFTI (Escuela De Fotografia)…i am a visiting lecturer, of which they have many….EFTI is divided into two "camps"….those photographers who want to practice their craft as "art" …
it is probably safe to say that i have been in more than a few hotel rooms….but i do not feel like willy loman..at least, not yet….nevertheless, i have been in the best and the worst….this one in madrid is neither…a nice clean clear view of a brick wall is not as bad as you …
first of all, i have to say that i love my audience here ….there were such thoughtful comments from all of you who wrote….so good in fact, that put together, they pretty much mirror what i was going to say anyway!!! great quotes from picasso and harry callahan and terrific personal experiences…thank you…. since all …
today i travel to spain….once settled, i should have a couple of days free to catch up with posts here…now in sicily and my internet connect has been all but non-existant or i have been totally immersed with student work… a quick look at the comments from my last post and i can see that …
one of the things almost all of my students have in common, besides being serious about photography, is that they are invariably in some state of transition in their lives…when i chat one on one with each of them, they always tell me that a life change is in the making…sometimes a student has just …
yes yes parting is indeed sweet sorrow…..i am always amazed at the bonding and friendships which are built in just a week of working together with my students in these photographic workshops….and this morning we will all hug goodbye, promise to write , and all hope we meet again soonest….some students i will never see …
i cannot stay with you long now, because i have 8 students who will be expecting me in just a few minutes to go over all of the work they shot yesterday….on the first day of shooting , i ask them to edit loosely and i will probably look at about 25-50 pictures from each…after …
in about two hours i will meet 8 new students…..for some reason, this is always a bit awkward….because all i can remember are the students from the previous workshop…i tend to think, where did they go?? the rest of the afternoon will be spent looking at the portfolios of this new group….the students are from …
hello from sicily… nice full moon, but it is 1am my time , so i will crash….i will post early tomorrow…. ciao, david
